Open AccessPERITONEAL TUBERCULOSIS IMITATING OVARIAN CARCINOMA “SPECIAL CATEGORY”
Author(s) -
Lachman E.,
Moodley J.,
Pitsoe S. B.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348509158214
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , ovarian carcinoma , carcinoma , peritoneal diseases , ovarian cancer , surgery , general surgery , gynecology , pathology , cancer
. A case report, of a patient with peritoneal tuberculosis in whom the provisional diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma—“special category” was made is presented. As most gynecologists see hardly any cases of peritoneal tuberculosis nowadays, this possible diagnosis—which should always be considered—is reviewed. It illustrates the importance of a definite histopathological diagnosis.